Google and Hub71 to help AI startups in Abu Dhabi 

Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 and Google have launched the Google for Startups Accelerator, a joint programme to scale AI-focused startups inside Hub71+ AI.

A complete of 26 startups from the Hub71 neighborhood have been chosen to affix the inaugural cohort, getting access to a tailor-made three-month curriculum.

Startups will achieve entry to Google’s world community of mentors, engineers, product leaders and Google Cloud credit.

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Prime-performing startups can be eligible for as much as $300,000 in credit, the best tier of help accessible by the programme globally.

They can even be thought-about for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ecosystem tier credit score allocations, additional increasing their technical capabilities.

These startups, already based mostly throughout the Hub71 neighborhood, have beforehand benefited from as much as AED500,000 ($136,000) in funding help, together with AED250,000 ($68,000) in in-kind help companies, AED250,000 ($68,000) in money through a SAFE be aware and tailor-made mentorship.

Now, by the Google for Startups Accelerator, they’re getting access to a robust community of companions, technical specialists and enterprise improvement alternatives throughout the Hub71+ AI ecosystem, additional strengthening their means to scale globally from Abu Dhabi.

Ahmad Ali Alwan, Chief Govt Officer of Hub71, mentioned: “Bringing the Google for Startups Accelerator to Abu Dhabi is a key milestone in advancing our place as a worldwide centre for AI innovation. Along with Google, we’re empowering founders to develop transformative applied sciences that tackle real-world challenges.

“Our ambition is for startups from Abu Dhabi to compete globally, lead with function, and create lasting affect.”

Doron Avni, Vice President of Authorities Affairs & Public Coverage (GAPP) for Rising Markets at Google, mentioned: “Startups are on the forefront of fixing important challenges with AI, and our partnership with Hub71 is about equipping them with the sources to go additional, quicker.

“By way of this accelerator, we’re enabling Hub71 startups entry to world experience and infrastructure, to allow them to construct AI options that make an actual affect, each regionally and all over the world.”

Alongside mentorship and technical sources, Google will present early-stage founders with tailor-made playbooks and toolkits, in addition to introductions to its funding arms and Alphabet’s wider community, opening doorways to new funding and business alternatives.

The launch follows the strategic settlement signed in late 2024 to deliver Google’s startup programme to Abu Dhabi, reinforcing a shared ambition to increase entry to superior digital infrastructure, entice high expertise, and foster cross-border collaboration in AI.

As Abu Dhabi continues to spend money on rising applied sciences, the accelerator programme marks a major milestone in its journey to turning into a worldwide centre for AI.

With the help of a worldwide tech chief and world-class ecosystem, chosen startups are poised to scale breakthrough improvements and form the way forward for AI from Abu Dhabi to the world.